Contrast the Similarities and Differences
between the Text and the Graphic Comic Versions of the Hunger Artist“The Hunger Artist” is a short story first written by Franz Kafka. Then, the story was created into graphic novel by Robert Crumb. “The Hunger Artist” is about a man who experiences his fast for many days, travels from town to town with his impresario. He is locked in a case and on display in front of unknown people wherever he stops by. Throughout the story, the Hunger Artist performs his art of fasting passionately. He refuses food, but behind his fast is a need of other kinds of nourishment: public recognition and artistic perfection. However, he finally hunger for both physical and spiritual nourishment. What he does is just separates himself from other people because they do not understand him. People look at him curiously. The Hunger Artist put himself into isolation and is seen as an alien. The more he does to achieve his pride, the worst he gets back from people watching his art. This aspect explores an important theme of the story that the pride if not managed will harm people badly. Therefore, do not live under imagination. The two versions of “A Hunger Artist” share some similarities such as the theme, the main character, and emotional impact brought out from the character’s behavior and thought. However, they still have few differences due to the effect of picturing: less word, each scene is put into a panel, and therefore appeal to the readers.

The similarities between the two stories state on the theme, main character, and emotional impact. The stories concentrate on the artist’s pride and his passion of recognition that control over the story on every aspect. He wishes to achieve something that no one has never ever achieved before. He wants to be the best faster in the land and lets people know that “how easy it was to fast.”(Kafka 466) “It is the easiest thing in the world.” (466) He even blames on people because they do not let...

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who uses fasting (a form of art) as a sense of fulfillment to himself. The foods of life, were not to
his liking. Furthermore, his form of fulfillment was the sight-seeing and interaction with the fans.
Fans were amazed by him. His ability to starve himself inside a “…small barred cage”(Kafka 9)
was intriguing to most; everybody wanted to see him at least once a day. The time and place of
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mark. The HungerArtist is a man who starves himself, not because he couldn’t eat; it was
because he craved the attention as seen in his last moments of life, when he tells a fan “I couldn’t
find the food I liked” (Kafka P.9) meaning he couldn’t attain the satisfaction from his audience.
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satisfaction is far from bizarre. I would say, it is safe to say that each person has a personal
interest that we like to do that one may find weird. Although it may be bizarre to some people.
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After reading “A hungerartist,” readers come into different assumptions. By looking at the metaphors that Franz Kafka sets for us, we can assume that Kafka might be seeing himself at the hungerartist, whom most readers don't see; this is important because with that thought in mind we can understand one of the main reasons to why Kafka wrote this story.
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...Introduction:
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Summary:
This is a very good, well written, short story. At first when you read it, as the reader you aren’t exactly sure what it going to happen, which creates a lot tension in the reader. As the hungerartist sits in his cage, it seems like children are really drawn to him. They ask him questions, and he...

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